Appliance for inserting beading in boot and shoe ware and other goods.



No. 830,855. PATENTED SEPT. 11, 1906.

. E. TOWNSEND. APPLIANCE FOR INSBR-TING BEADING IN BOOT AND SHOE WAREAND OTHER GOODS.

APPLICATION FILED JULYI, 1905.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ELLEN TOWNSEND, OF PORT MELBOURNE, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA.

APPLIANCE FOR INSERTING BEADING IN BOOT AND SHOE WARE AND OTHER GOODS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 11, 1906.

I Application filed July 1, 1905. Serial No. 267.8f35.

T0 at whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELLEN TOWNSEND, a

subject of the King of Great Britain and Ireland, residing at 197Princes street, Port Melbourne, in the State of Victoria, Commonwealthof Australia, have invented a cer tain new and useful Appliance forInserting Beading .in Boot and Shoe Ware and other Goods, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This is an invention for saving manual labor in the process of insertingbeading, commonly called patent beading, by sewing or stitching intoboot and shoe ware and other goods.

According to my invention the whole of the hand process of fitting andsticking, hammering, and adjusting is rendered unnecessary and theservices of the fitter operative are altogether dispensed with and thecost saved. This is accomplished by a contrivance which I have inventedto be used in conjunction with a suitable sewing-machine. It providesthe means for holding the beading in such a position and such a mannerthat it is sewed between the button-piece and the lining by thesewing-machine operator. It may be described as a finger or carryingpart with appurtenances which has a horizontal bead-guiding aperturesuitably shaped and positioned to cause the beading to pass easilythrough it and thence under the needle of the machine. The finger may beof any suitable size and metal.

The following particulars describe the construction which I have foundmost suitable for ordinary work in mens, womens, and childrens boots andshoes; but modifications may be also employed without departing from theprinciple of my invention.

In the drawings attached hereto, Figure 1 is a plan of my invention.Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 3 is a transversesection showing the point of the finger and the presser-foot in theirrelation to one another. Fig. 4 is a view of the barrelbracket. Figs. 5and 6 are detail perspective views of the two principal members offinger.

The plate A is a sliding plate, such as used in some forms ofsewing-machines, and to which the main portion of my invention may beconveniently attached.

B is a finger pointing, preferably, from the operators right to left,the point B being near the needle 0. The finger is slidably mounted in aflat horizontally-positioned barrel-bracket D, fastened down by means ofscrews D D entering slots E E in the bracket. The front end of thefinger is provided with a horizontal guide-aperture G, made of size andshape to carry the beading H. (See Fig. 6.) The back end of the fin geris so fitted that it can be slid to and fro and is held in its desiredposition more or less forward by a set-screw J, passing through thebarrel of the bracket, so that the beading may be held nearer to orfarther from the needle-path. Two slots E allow the bracket and thus thefinger, to be adjusted 7o nearer to or farther from the operator.

The width of the member in which is formed the guide-aperture G may bevaried, as will presently be explained. It is necessary that the beadingshall be held sufficiently tight to prevent oscillation and yet looselyenough to allow it to pass freely through the guide-aperture as theoperator feeds it to the needle.

The finger is constituted mainly of two members B and Y, conjoined, themain one, B, having a button-handle K. The other member Y is a thinnerpiece of metal extending along underneath member B past its front endand then lapped back over it and provided with a set-screw L and a slotor opening 0. This construction enables the lapped member to be pushedin or out, and thus to contract or enlarge the width of thebead-carrying aperture G, the member Y being fixed at the desiredadjustment by the setscrew L. It will be seen that the lap of the thinmember forms one side of the bead guide aperture, while the other sideis formed by the end of the thick member, which is shaped in the form ofa horizontal arc finished in a groove M, adapted to receive and guidethe round edge of the bead H, and extended in the point B to closelyapproximate the needle C and resser-foot P. A small lug R is extendedfrom the member Y upward and lapped over the edge of B to maintain thetwo in alinement.

The presser-foot to be used with my invention is specially devised,shaped, and positioned so that it impinges over the edge of the beading,and thus cooperating with the pointed end of the finger and with theguideaperture effectually guides the beading regularly to and under theneedle.

In order to provide for the thickness of lining or work, the finger isadjusted up or down from the plate by a set-screw N, pass-'- of the ingthrough the conjoined members finger and contacting with the plate.- Aslot 0 is provided in the member Y to allow this adjustment to beefiected without interfering with the adjustment of Y.

Operative parts of the machine below and above the portions illustratedare not shown, as they may be constructed as required for use by hand,foot, or other motive power and adapted to varying requirements.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is- I An attachment for sewing-machines,comprising a bracket having a transverse barrel and provided with slotsupon each side of the barrel, and perpendicular to the longitudinal axisthereof, of a finger engaging the barrel and comprising twoadjustably-connected members, one member underlying the other and havinga bent portion extending over the same at one end, the other memberhaving a horizontal are at its corresponding end forming with said bentportion a guide-aperture for a beading to be stitched to an article, aset-screw threaded through the barrel and engaging the finger whereby tomaintain it in adjusted position with respect to the barrel, and aset-screw for retaining the members of the finger in their adjustedposition witn respect to each other.

In testimony that I claimthe foregoing as my nvention I have signed myname, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, this 23d day of May,A. D. 1905.

ELLEN TOWNSEND.

Witnesses:

CHARLES NICHOLAS CoLLIsoN, JAMES MILLAR.

